On Monday my parents took our two daughters to see Iceland, ice sculptures with Spongebob Square Pants. So Erika and I decided to take advantage of that and we made a day of it. We started off with an awesome breakfast at Buffalo Grille in Houston. I got an omelet and a short stack. I figured I’d get back to clean eating (we are normally paleo, yet today I went to a new pizza place, Fuzzy's, and how can you go to a new pizza place and NOT get pizza, especially when George Bush Sr. and Cardinal Dinardo eat there).
After breakfast we stopped at a comic book shop, Bedrock City Comic Company, just to check it out plus I was looking for the All New Wolverine. Thankfully the one by my house was getting a new shipment in.
Finally, we went and saw a movie. I love movies, but with a couple little ladies we don’t get out to see many. I’m sure we could though. Instead of escaping and going to World of Beer we could go see a movie. Anyways, we went to see Mockingjay Part 2. Man, such a good movie. You won’t get any spoilers from me so you need to go see it.
One of the parts of the movie that resonated with me came very early on. Katniss is trying to convince some workers to join her side and one is faking being hurt. When she goes to help him he pulls a gun on her. He asks her to give him a reason not to kill her. She answers by saying she can’t. She then proceeds to describe President Snow and how he operates. This isn’t the quote I’m speaking of but this quote comes after what I’m referring to and pretty much sums it up:
In speaking with the man she mentions how they have become Snow's slaves. They fight in the Hunger Games, and now they are fighting amongst themselves. he is in control. He is the one corrupting and pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. She's striving to have people take a step back, look at what has happened, and reflect on what is really going on. And in the end, Snow must die.
This made me think of C.S. Lewis' Perelandra, the second book of his sci-fi trilogy. In this story, the body of a man the protagonist is familiar with has been taken over by the devil. It is basically an empty shell or puppet. nearing the end of the book Ransom, the protagonist, realizes the struggle between he and the unman will only end through a physical struggle. He eventually comes to the realization, due to the help of God speaking to him, that he will have to KILL the Unman. He is shocked, and tries to figure out a way around this. How could God ask him to kill? yet, these two characters, President Snow and the Unman, are not just mere fictional characters, they resemble the devil, evil, sin, and for those we should show no mercy.
People in places like Africa that have wild predators, in this and their case lions, understand this very literally. it is almost commonplace that at some point someone will be eaten by a lion. And they know exactly what to do with the lion, kill it. This should be our response to sin. There's no room for it. It does not bring us closer to Christ, it pulls us further away and makes slaves of us. I've had teens ask me if the devil could ever turn back to God and repent. The answer is no, he was with god, he saw God and yet chose himself. And now he prowls around seeking to have us do the same. He is not to be shown mercy nor given shelter in our lives.
One of my favorite scripture passages about how we are to deal with sin is found in the book of Judges. The story is about Ehud. Israel, once again, is disobeying God and they are put under the rule of the tyrant King Eglon. They cry out for God's help and he picks Ehud as their champion. Ehud hides a knife on himself and makes his way into Eglon's quarters. As he enters he delivers his message to Eglon.
He pooped himself!
This is how we are to treat sin! There is no mercy! We are to thrust our sword deep into its fat disgusting belly to where it loses all control. It must die. The prowling lion must die.
"We all have one enemy and that's President Snow! He corrupts everyone and everything! He turns the best of us against each other...Stop killing for him! Tonight, turn your weapons to the Capitol! Turn your weapons to Snow!"
In speaking with the man she mentions how they have become Snow's slaves. They fight in the Hunger Games, and now they are fighting amongst themselves. he is in control. He is the one corrupting and pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. She's striving to have people take a step back, look at what has happened, and reflect on what is really going on. And in the end, Snow must die.
This made me think of C.S. Lewis' Perelandra, the second book of his sci-fi trilogy. In this story, the body of a man the protagonist is familiar with has been taken over by the devil. It is basically an empty shell or puppet. nearing the end of the book Ransom, the protagonist, realizes the struggle between he and the unman will only end through a physical struggle. He eventually comes to the realization, due to the help of God speaking to him, that he will have to KILL the Unman. He is shocked, and tries to figure out a way around this. How could God ask him to kill? yet, these two characters, President Snow and the Unman, are not just mere fictional characters, they resemble the devil, evil, sin, and for those we should show no mercy."Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8
People in places like Africa that have wild predators, in this and their case lions, understand this very literally. it is almost commonplace that at some point someone will be eaten by a lion. And they know exactly what to do with the lion, kill it. This should be our response to sin. There's no room for it. It does not bring us closer to Christ, it pulls us further away and makes slaves of us. I've had teens ask me if the devil could ever turn back to God and repent. The answer is no, he was with god, he saw God and yet chose himself. And now he prowls around seeking to have us do the same. He is not to be shown mercy nor given shelter in our lives.
One of my favorite scripture passages about how we are to deal with sin is found in the book of Judges. The story is about Ehud. Israel, once again, is disobeying God and they are put under the rule of the tyrant King Eglon. They cry out for God's help and he picks Ehud as their champion. Ehud hides a knife on himself and makes his way into Eglon's quarters. As he enters he delivers his message to Eglon.
" I have a message for thee from the Lord, said Ehud, and, as Eglon rose from his seat, the dagger hidden at Ehud's right side was plunged into his belly. Such was the force of the blow, that hilt followed blade into the wound, stuck deep in the fat; and thereupon the bowels discharged their load." - Judges 3: 20-22
He pooped himself!
This is how we are to treat sin! There is no mercy! We are to thrust our sword deep into its fat disgusting belly to where it loses all control. It must die. The prowling lion must die.
"Turn your weapons to Snow!"
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